April 20 Morning Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois lawmakers gather to discuss legalizing pot – Mike Flannery (DIERSEN: Those who oppose legalization who attended the hearing included Peter Bensinger, Kathy Gilroy, Judy Kreamer, Ralph Rivera, Thomas Weitzel, and myself. The only legitimate reason to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails is to get information a) to help defend and advance the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and b) to help elect and reelect Republican candidates. If you promote pot, you should not claim to be religious, conservative, or Republican; you should immediately resign from any government or political office that you hold as a Republican and declare yourself to be a Democrat, a Libertarian, or Green. If you promote pot, feel free to unsubscribe to this email. If you are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, please speak out against legalizing pot. Further, please join me in encouraging the 18 members of the DuPage County Board to pass a resolution ASAP in opposition to legalizing pot for recreational use in Illinois, SB 316 and HB 2353, and especially the 12 members of its Judicial & Public Safety Committee: Grant Eckhoff, Chair, Robert L. Larsen, Vice Chair, John Curran, Peter DiCianni, Amy L. Grant, Gary Grasso, James D. Healy, Tonia Khouri, Sean T. Noonan, Donald E. Puchalski, Sam Tornatore, and James F. Zay.)http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/249609492-story
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Legalization has a downside. Colorado’s now Number One in per capita pot consumption, with side effects like a 48 percent increase in fatal traffic accidents. A former Drug Enforcement Administrator predicted legalization here would cause 75 additional marijuana-related highway deaths each year. “Terrible idea! It’s a disaster waiting to happen in Illinois. It’s gonna increase damage to youth. It’s gonna increase highway accidents and fatalities,” said Peter Bensinger, former director of the DEA.)

USA TODAY
— What happens if you smoke marijuana every day? – Sean Rossmanhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/04/20/what-happens-when-you-smoke-marijuana-every-day/100668404/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Here’s what experts say happens when you smoke weed every day: Dr. Stuart Gitlow, a professor at the University of Florida and a past president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, said marijuana is much stronger than it was years ago, giving a more psychedelic feel rather than a mild sense of intoxication. A small percentage, he said, could have hallucinations and paranoia. However, the vast majority, he said, experience that mild high, which fades after several hours. After days of use, the pot becomes stored in the body’s fatty tissue and THC is gradually released into the bloodstream, meaning a person can experience the effect of the drug around the clock. Daily use, he said, promotes a chronic loss of attention, focus and concentration. Daily users perform at a lower level at jobs and at school. Focus and motivation also decrease, he said. Caron Treatment Center Medical Director Dr. Joseph Garbely said about 15% of cannabis users develop an addiction. Daily users, he said, suffer memory, coordination, and problem-solving issues. For some, it could change the way a brain matures. Smokers who start young, he said, are more susceptible to being a daily user or becoming addicted. . .Other factors need to be considered such as their dosage and the reason a person is using the drug. However, he said marijuana can have impact on how people perform at their job or at school. Withdrawal can occur after a period of long-term repeated use.)— BEYOND TRAGIC: Marijuana’s big day is here: ‘420’ celebrations ready to roll – Trevor Hugheshttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/04/19/marijuanas-big-day-here-420-celebrations-ready-roll/100663642/— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE OF OF O’Reilly: Advertising boycott sinks O’Reilly at Fox – Marco della Cava (DIERSEN: Who boycotts you? Should I publish a list those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois that have boycotted me and/or that are boycotting me? They blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. If you ask them why they boycott me, expect to hear false denials, lies, and pretext.)https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/04/19/advertising-factor-proves-oreilly-tipping-point-fox/100662724/— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: Trump increases deportations of formerly protected DREAMers – Alan Gomezhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/19/trump-increases-deportations-former-dreamers/100609524/— Controversy has always hovered over O’Reilly’s career – Roger Yu (DIERSEN: Are/were you controversial? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am controversial and that they are not.)https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/04/19/controversy-has-always-hovered-over-oreillys-career/100653398/— Bill on Indiana gov’s desk to stop ban-the-box ordinances about job seekers’ criminal histories – Fatima Husseinhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/04/19/anti-ban-the-box-bill-indiana/100647354/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Prosecutors: Schock shouldn’t get more info about informant – Andy Kravetz (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents focus on getting information to badmouth, to discredit, to belittle, to demonize, to denigrate, to condemn, and to destroy those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments a) that do not glorify and praise them, b) that do not pander to them, c) that do not serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or d) that do not give them money.)http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170419/prosecutors-schock-shouldnt-get-more-info-about-informant— Rodney Davis questions payments to Jesse Jackson Jr. – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: What are your sources of income and what are the annual amounts? What are your assets and debts? If you seek a government office or a political office, your critics/opponents will paint the aforesaid as negatively as possible. Needless-to-say, I reserve my right to defend myself.)http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20170419/bernard-schoenburg-rodney-davis-questions-payments-to-jesse-jackson-jr

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Rep. Darin LaHood keeps his cool as constituents bring the heat – Laura Nightengale (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes always try to get me to lose my cool. So far, they have not succeeded. They know that I forgive those who trespass against me, so they are emboldened to trespass against me. If I did not forgive those who trespass against me and if I retaliated against those who trespass against me, they would no longer a) be in business, b) be employed, c) hold government offices, d) hold political offices, e) etc.)http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170419/rep-darin-lahood-keeps-his-cool-as-constituents-bring-heat

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— How These Chicagoans Handled the “Worst [Expletive] Job in Washington” Rahm was a “schoolyard bully.” Bill Daley says he was “stabbed in the back.” Documentarian Chris Whipple talks to 17 Chiefs of Staff about their time in the White House. – Carol Felsenthalhttp://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/Felsenthal-Files/April-2017/Chiefs-of-Staff-Gatekeepers-Chris-Whipple/— Are Women Punished Harder by the Financial Industry? A new working paper finds that male financial advisers are considerably more likely to recover after they commit misconduct. – WHET MOSER (DIERSEN: What “misconduct” in the workplace are you guilty of and how were you punished? I avoided the draft. I failed/refused to become a Democrat. I opposed patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I failed/refused to help my superiors get rid of their employees because of their political affiliation, race, gender, or age. In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I because an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me by forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, by not promoting me beyond GS-13, by keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, and by forcing me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors punished me by not promoting me beyond GS-12, by disallowing my education deductions in 1978, and by disallowing my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors punished me by forcing me resign in 1969 and by disallowing my sick leave requests.)http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/April-2017/Are-Women-Punished-Harder-By-the-Financial-Industry/

GOPUSA
— Is GOP Leadership Stupid, Incompetent or Slap-Crazy? The answer is yes. I’d like to know who in their right mind thought it was a good idea to run eleven Republicans in Georgia’s sixth congressional district race.http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23286— Fresno State professor who said Trump must hang is out on paid leave (DIERSEN: Constructively, the Democrats who run GAO have had me on reduced paid leave since 1997 – instead of a $122,991 salary, I get a $50,856 Civil Service Retirement System pension, or 59% less. What did I do? In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I failed/refused to help my superiors get rid of their employees because of their political affiliation, race, gender, or age. I opposed patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I failed/refused to become a Democrat. I avoided the draft.)http://www.gopusa.com/?p=23292— ‘All lives matter,’ Gov. LePage tells protesters at USMhttp://www.gopusa.com/?p=23288

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— SEAN SPICER HITLER HYPOCRISY – Larry Elder (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? The more of the following demographics that you have, the sooner, if not already, that anti-Trumps will say that you are Hitler: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/sean-spicer-hitler-hypocrisy/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democrats and liberal media routinely compare Republicans to Hitler and Nazis, and Republican policies to fascism. They’ve done so for decades. Here are just a few examples:)

NEWSMAX
— O’Reilly: ‘Tremendously Disheartening’ Unfounded Claims Cost Me My Job – Todd Beamon (DIERSEN: Did claims cost you your job? I avoided the draft. I failed/refused to become a Democrat. I opposed patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I failed/refused to help my superiors get rid of their employees because of their political affiliation, race, gender, or age. In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me by forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, by not promoting me beyond GS-13, by keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, and by forcing me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors punished me by not promoting me beyond GS-12, by disallowing my education deductions in 1978, and by disallowing my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors punished me by forcing me resign in 1969 and by disallowing my sick leave requests.)http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/Bill-OReilly-host-network-TV/2017/04/19/id/785305/

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Copy and Conquer: Facebook Wins Again – Farhad Manjoo (DIERSEN: My competitors know that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have the best format. Because they fail/refuse to copy that format, sooner or later, they all fail. Readers first want to know the source of the article, then the title of the article, then who wrote the article, and then the unhidden hyperlink.)https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/technology/facebook-snapchat-instagram-innovation.html

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.
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